ICC Rating / Rankings News and Updates

South Africa's Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla moved up in the International Cricket Council's players rankings following their impressive performance in the first Test against India in Nagpur.

A series triumph over South Africa will not just consolidate India's number one status in the ICC rankings but will also win the team $175,000.

MS Dhoni's reign at the top of ICC ODI batsmen chart for more than a year ended with Australian Michael Hussey toppling him in the latest list issued.

India gained one rating point after victory in Bangladesh while Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan returned to the top 10 of ICC Test Players rankings.

India opener Gautam Gambhir maintained his top rank and Sachin Tendulkar moved two rungs up to 13th in the ICC rankings for Test batsmen.

MS Dhoni's reign at the top of ICC's ODI batting charts may come under threat from Mike Hussey if the Australian manages to carry his good Test form into the one-day series against Pakistan starting in Brisbane Friday.

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, and Morne Morkel, one half of his hostile new-ball pair, have climbed to career-best rankings after South Africa's resounding victory in the fourth Test at the Wanderers.

India captain MS Dhoni continued to top the ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen, while Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli made big strides in the chart.

Virender Sehwag slipped to fifth position in the ICC ranking for the Test batsmen but his fellow opener Gautam Gambhir held on to his top position

India will be keen to extend their impressive run in a triangular series starting in Dhaka and boost their hopes of becoming the top-ranked side in ODI.

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir capped a memorable year by ending it as number one Test batsman in the ICC rankings issued today, while Indian skipper MS Dhoni No.1 in One-day rating.

Man of the match of Durban Test, England off-spinner Graeme Swann climbed eight places to a career-high third in the International Cricket Council's Test bowling rankings on Thursday.

India with 122 ratings points, eight behind Australia, can reduce the gap to four points if they manage to win all five ODI matches against Sri Lanka.

Virender Sehwag stormed into the top five of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen by virtue of his superlative double-century against Sri Lanka.

Tendulkar shares the 15th spot with Kevin Pietersen while Gautam Gambhir slipped one place to third in the latest ICC Rankings issued.

African skipper Graeme Smith has a chance to close the gap on MS Dhoni and Michael Hussey at the top of the ODI batting rankings.

Feisty off-spinner Harbhajan Singh made substantial gains in the ICC One-day rankings, jumping 11 places to joint eighth in the bowling chart.

Having begun the series with a genuine chance of becoming the number one ODI team, India slipped to third position after the series against Australia.

India skipper MS Dhoni continues to be the numero uno One-day batsman followed by his deputy Yuvraj Singh in the latest ICC rankings.

South Africa's defeat in their Champions Trophy opener has propelled second-placed India to the top of the ICC's One-day rankings.

Dhoni mantained his numero uno status while his deputy Yuvraj continued to hold on to the second spot in the latest ICC ODI Players Ranking.

If England prevent a series sweep in the final match on Sunday, Australia will drop back to third in the rankings behind South Africa and India.

Ricky Ponting believes Australia are coming into form at the right time ahead of their Champions Trophy defence after his superb century saw them go 5-0 up with two ODIs to play against England.

Riding on his fantastic performance in the tri-series in Sri Lanka, Sachin Tendulkar returned to the top-10 of ICC One-day rankings.

India regained the 2nd spot in the ICC ODI rankings following their tri-series win and are in with a chance to clinch the top spot if they manage a good show in CT.

Their defeat against Sri Lanka followed by Australia's win over England resulted to India dropping to third place in the ICC ODI rankings list.

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara reclaimed the top spot in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) test rankings for batsmen after his inspired knocks in the final Test against New Zealand.

India opener Gautam Gambhir became the number one Test batsman again after Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke slipped down the rankings ladder.

Australia have been knocked off their long-held perch as the No. 1 team in the world in the ICC Test rankings after losing the Ashes series 1-2 in England.

MS Dhoni continued to top the One-day batsmen chart with Yuvraj Singh occupying the second position in the latest ICC Rankings released.

For the first time since 2004, Australia runs the risk of falling behind India to fourth spot in ICC Test rankings if they lose the final Ashes match to England.

India have dropped down one place to fourth in the ICC Test rankings as Sri Lanka replaced Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team at number three.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued to top the ODI batsmen ranking in the ICC ODI Players Ranking.

Gautam Gambhir's stay at the top of the ICC Test ranking lasted just 10 days as Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara grabbed the coveted position.

England captain Andrew Strauss on Tuesday returned to the top-20 of the ICC Test Rankings for batsmen after leading his side to victory in the second Ashes Test at Lord's with a hundred in the first innings.

Gautam Gambhir became the number one batsman, replacing Pakistani run-machine Mohammad Yousuf in the latest ICC Test Player rankings.

Australia opener Simon Katich has gone up by four places and now sits in 14th position, whereas captain Ricky Ponting has also inched towards the top five.

Mohammad Yousuf has zoomed to the top in latest ICC Test Rankings.

It was India one-two in the ICC ODI Rankings as dashing left-hander Yuvraj Singh zoomed to a career best second place, topped by his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Pakistan aims to carry ICC World Twenty20 2009 momentum into the three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting at Galle on Saturday as it targets fourth place in the ICC Test Championship table.

The Indian skipper MS Dhoni retained his top spot in ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen. Sri Lanka young seamer Nuwan Kulasekara go to top spot in blowling.

Riding on their thumping series win over the West Indies, England on Monday climbed to fifth place in the ICC Test rankings, pushing Pakistan to sixth.

Gautam Gambhir continues to be India's highest ranked player while Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman rose a rung each to be placed at 13th and 15th positions respectively in the latest ICC Test rankings.

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stayed on top of the batting charts but none of the bowlers figure in the top 10 in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings released on Monday.

India achieved their highest rankings in ODI since 2002, toppling the Aussies by just one point from the second spot in the chart issued on Tuesday.

VVS Laxman returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list. Ishant move up in ICC Rankings.

Virender Sehwag's blazing form in New Zealand has helped him jump nine places to sixth position.
While Sachin returned to top 20 in batsmen's chart in the ICC ODI Rankings.

Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan leads the bowling charts while Harbhajan remained constant at 6th and Zaheer 12th in the Test bowlers rankings.

India back to third spot after losing last ODI against Lankan. Harbhajan, Zaheer slip in ICC Test rankings. West Indies' paceman Jerome Taylor at no. 6th.

Australia pushed to 3rd spot after defeat against New Zealand.